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One term I have been confused by lately is the use of "online." If someone says they are doing an online, are they talking about telecine? Are they talking about transferring digibeta to Avid for editing? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!

I hope you have not given them any more of your money. This group's M.O. is to tell you that they "love your film" or "have found distribution for it" or "really want it for the festival" etc., etc. Then, they tell you that in order to include your film in their screening or market or printed...

I'll be interested to hear the reponses as well. I have a short film in post that I hope to get out to some festivals soon. I've read good reviews in Filmmaker Magazine and a friend used it. Their main complaint was that they spent a lot of time entering all the necessary information but this...

I am trying to organize a read through on Dec 2 in San Antonio. I can probably use the conference room at the Rivercenter (I'm there for a conference) but I was hoping to avoid the cost. Anyone have a suggestion on a good location to hold a read through in San Antonio (near the convention center)?

In the Q&A with the filmmaker, he was asked about this very same issue. He was very clear that there was a cost of about $35,000 for the blow up. But the film was shot, edited, got through post and was accepted to Sundance on $7,000. And, of course, P&A costs are not included here (but then...

The AFM is a trade show which brings together Buyers and Sellers of film rights. The sellers (companies like Miramax, New Line, Dream, Troma, etc) take office space at the Loews Hotel in Santa Monica and work to sell films they've either produced or acquired. The buyers of those films are...

Watched the movie "Primer" last night. It was written, directed, produced, edited and starred Shane Carruth. He also did all the music and sound design. If he is to be believed, the film, shot on Super 16, cost all of $7000 to shoot, edit and get accepted to Sundance. Of course, the blowup...

Scott, thanks for the helpful advice. Our intention is not to replace any of the software out there for screenwriting on a PC. Our goal is to interface with it so that if someone is away from their desktop and wants to make some changes or doesn't want to lug around a laptop, they have an...

Great news!

Rizien, Great job on gettin this set up! I hope people contribute and have a good time. When I get a break, I may even contribute. I still plan to set up a wiki screenplay site with a script I wrote a long time ago. But I am glad you didn't wait around for me to get things started. Looking...

Thank you all! Especially Wendell for the great detail!

Ran across a reference to Super 35mm (in an article about Garden State, directed by Zach Braff). Can someone tell me what Super 35mm is? And how is it useful to low budget filmmarkers? Any information is appreciated.

Excellent Suggestions These are all great suggestions, thank you! Please keep them coming!

I am working on a project with a software developer and wanted to get some feedback from the community. We want to design a PalmOS-based screenwriting software. The idea is to create a simple program that would format your text in screenplay form on the screen of your Palm device and then...

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Good ideas, but I must admit I prefer the idea of a "wiki" type document. I like the idea that the screenplay could start as a Sci-Fi (and be essentially complete) but that, through additions and changes, could end up as a romantic comedy. Thoughts?

The geek part of me thinks it would be fun to post a screenplay to the web and then allow anyone to edit it in any way he/she saw fit. Following the wikipedia model, anyone could add characters, storylines, locations, etc. or delete same. (Of course, the filmmaker in me says this is...

Christopher, Thanks for all the info, I think you did an incredible job with the lighting you describe. It really looked rich and moody which I don't always associate with miniDV. Great job!

Christopher, I really enjoyed your short! Fantastic! And I, too, am jealous, you've got something truly original and interesting here (and very well made). Can you tell us a bit about your production? How long did it take, what stock did you use, etc? Headed over to your site to take a...

NYIIFV so close to as scam as to be indistinguishable Wow, you guys are great. No sooner had I posted than I got the first response suggesting that I Google the festival and see what had been written (admittedly, where I should have started). What I found was eye-opening. Every negative post...